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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 1999Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 May 1999381,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
381,750 km237,208 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 15, 199912:05
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1999 to the new moon of June 13, 1999, a cycle of 29.29 days.